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The ambivalence of desistance: Balancing in the liminal space between deviance and conventionality
European Journal of Criminology Abstract Building and expanding on contemporary research where desistance is increasingly conceived of asa fragile and liminal experience, this paper examines the early dof ambivalence – an undertheorised concept in life course criminology. This paper employs qualitativeinterviews from a total of 10 participants who participated in SIG, a voluntary defector programmein Sweden. Despite having formulated a clear resolve to desist, the participantsnonetheless experienced feelings of ambivalence in relation to the desistance process. In theseinstances, the aspiring desisters were bordering between the prospects of a better, crime-freelife and the pains, losses, struggles and frustrations accompanying the early stages of desistance.It is argued that this liminal position, where the old life is to be discarded and a new, better lifeis yet to be built, may constitute a breeding ground for ambivalence – a state which needs tobe grounded in the precarious social position of marginalised youth which aspiring desisters typicallyoccupy.
Completed: Dilemmas of democratic self-defense in European public broadcasting
This project examines how public broadcasting organizations have responded to the growing presence of broadly defined populist and extremist parties.
Anna Tyllström: The social life of elite students: early socialization tactics in top business education
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Anna Tyllström, Associate Professor at Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University and IFFS affiliated
Maja Fjaestad: Crises management and the concept of “following science”
Maja Fjaestad was state secretary for health in Sweden during the Covid 19 pandemic. Recently she published the book (with Emma Lennartsson) “Mitt i krisen” (In the Midst of the Crisis) (Volante, 2024
Research seminar with Maja Fjaestad: Post-pandemic reflections on leadership and preparedness: Crises management and the concept of “following science”
Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online.Research seminar with Maja Fjaestad, IFFS researcher, expert coordinator at the Center for Health Crises at KI
The coronavirus, mortality and life expectancy
A demographer calculates how the average life expectancy can be affected In Sweden, we now experience the first pandemic that occurs in a society with modern information technology, and it is also the
